Rise of the Phoenix

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That's a pretty significant gain. I bet the headers are going to make a world of difference. What brand/size headers?

mchicia1

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Ya I was impressed with the gain.


The headers are XSPower 1 7/8" catted fully 3" through the mufflers. They're basically a nice quality, ARH knockoff. I have a vette, so sorry American vendors, but I'm not spending a ludicrous $1600 for catted headers (not like they care lol)

I'm sure it'll be a big difference. It's going to be interesting to see how close, mph wise, I get to my old max effort 460 rwhp h/c/i cathedral setup with this wonky setup. If I can trap 122-123, I'd say they're equal considering this forged motor is lower compression. I trapped 124.6 in the old setup, but it was in arctic air. It was normally a 123.5ish trap car.

Ed Curtis

No way - I call BS - Everyone one knows those rectangular port heads are not good for making small bore engine combinations quicker.

mchicia1

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LOL I was one of them! I like trying new stuff though and BSP had a very attractive price. I am sure the MAST 62cc ones work even better. Would love to see someone try those on a 347.

Rise of the Phoenix

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There is one guy on here running them. I'm pretty sure he's from Australia and his numbers and track times were really impressive for such a heavy car.

SIG-054

Yeah the mast ones go alright

yonerhottlt1

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In for results...I also like the idea of seeing someone trying something new and different every once in awhile. Good luck with your build OP.

Rise of the Phoenix

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Speaking of the Devil

Titokang

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got a long ways to go but mine are going on my sbe shortblock, already emailed ed on a custom cam so well see how it goes within the next couple months. current setup is cam only 228/234 588/598 custom cam, edelbrock stepped longtubes, fast 102 setup, m6 blah blah blah. pretty excited, but taking it slow as we have a baby on the way.

mchicia1

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How much did the heads cost?

Rise of the Phoenix

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Titokang, looking forward to following this build. Make sure to start a build thread in this section and keep us updated on the progress. Those heads are almost too perfect to bolt on. Ed will hook you up with a great cam too. Great choice.

Titokang

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950 each through pace performance, a mast dealer.

Titokang

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Sure will man, and I know what you mean. My wife thinks im crazy because I take em out of the box atleast once a week and stare at em haha. Looking forward to sharing my results.

SNLPerformance

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Yeah they're so horrible that GM decided to use a rectangular port on the even smaller bore Gen5 5.3

dr_whigham

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Holy hell! Was that BARE? Mine checked out at 16xx each when I was pricing them

Titokang

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Yessir, Chris over at mast quoted me 460 I believe for the hollow stem/ inconel valves so not bad that's pretty much on par with a trick flow/AFR setup.

Rise of the Phoenix

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So are those the valves you are running in the heads? How much total do you have invested in them, heads and valve train?

Titokang

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Phones acting funky, but I haven't ordered the valves yet but I'm set on them just like I was set on running these. so far I have 2250 in the bare heads and ls3 intake. I already have the ls3 rail on my 102 setup along with the fast 92 tb. all I need to find is some used injectors but I have a lead on some locally for 100 bucks. I have 1600 in my fast setup alone, should a done this sooner lolz

Rise of the Phoenix

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So you're looking at another $460.00 for the valves? What springs you going to run? I guess you can't really determine that until you get the cam specs.

mchicia1

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Only 2300 for the masts? Damn, when I was looking at the small bores all I could find was a $3300 price, which is why I went with the budget BSPs.

If I knew about these for $2300 I would have picked them up.